On Tue, 8 May 2001 at 11:37:26, you wrote:
(ref: <H0000b5f10800d66.0989318245.ln4p1327.ldn.swissbank.com@MHS>)
>> Simple - you need a crossover lead.
>> TX -> RX
>> RX <- TX
>> RTS -> CTS
>> CTS <- RTS
>
>> and that is it.
>> No complications with DSR and DTR - forget them.
>
>Phew, I was hoping it would be something as simple as that but as the
>above example doesn't really conform to the RS232 standard for RTS (in
>which it is defined as Request To Send, i.e. asking permission to send,
>not granting permission to be sent to),
Maybe that was the original def, but not the way it is now used.
I would be interested in the origins of the name.
> I didn't think it would be that
>simple.
It is (8-)#
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